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Magic in the Ancient Greek World
Derek Collins
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Description for Magic in the Ancient Greek World
Hardback. Original and comprehensive, Magic in the Ancient Greek World takes the reader inside both the social imagination and the ritual reality that made magic possible in ancient Greece. Series: Blackwell Ancient Religions. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HRQX2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
Original and comprehensive, Magic in the Ancient Greek World takes the reader inside both the social imagination and the ritual reality that made magic possible in ancient Greece.
Original and comprehensive, Magic in the Ancient Greek World takes the reader inside both the social imagination and the ritual reality that made magic possible in ancient Greece.
- Explores the widespread use of spells, drugs, curse tablets, and figurines, and the practitioners of magic in the ancient world
- Uncovers how magic worked. Was it down to mere superstition? Did the subject need to believe in order for it to have an effect?
- Focuses on detailed case studies of individual types of magic
- Examines the central role of magic in Greek life
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Blackwell Ancient Religions
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United States
ISBN
9781405132381
SKU
V9781405132381
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Ref
99-50
About Derek Collins
Derek Collins is an Associate Professor of Greek and Latin at the University of Michigan. He has written extensively on Greek poetry and its performance, including Master of the Game: Competition and Performance in Greek Poetry (2005). Collins has also published on Greek divination and magic, including articles on bird divination, the criminalization of magic in Athens, and the intellectual ... Read more
Reviews for Magic in the Ancient Greek World
Shortlisted for the Katharine Briggs Award 2008 “Collins, associate professor of Greek and Latin at the University of Michigan, and author of Master of the Game: Competition and Performance in Greek Poetry (2005), seeks to introduce nonspecialists to areas of Greek magic, cover the highpoints of scholarly consensus, and offer new interpretative frameworks for understanding select ... Read more